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Artist Statement
I am aware of a hurting world where tragedy strikes daily. I can best articulate my response to these tragedies and my understanding of hope through finding colors and details with the camera. So, when a typically beige building displays a piece of street art, a scrap of ribbon lies on the sidewalk, or the grass presents a newly fallen treasure, I notice. When I recognize these aspects of life that are easily missed, I find a hope that I address in my art. Particularly through photography, I present images as a challenge for viewers to ponder their own hopes and to become more aware of their world. I remember being repulsed by the idea of always carrying my camera because I felt like in doing so, I would be stepping out of life rather than enjoying it fully. But since doing so, I have learned to see better. In this piece, I present these photographic explorations of hope. I call for others to see beauty in the ordinary and desire for this to spur them to change their world.
the artist
- kelleyjordan
- i am an artist striving to recover hope and beauty through photography, growing food, bartering, biking, living closely with community and as simply as i can.
side note to the online viewer:
the images that are taped around the world are fakes. i create polaroid looking images by assembling a printed image and white frame. this dimension brings me deeper into the project, making a greater connection to the work and those who find the polaroid. (admittedly, it did begin because polaroid film is so expensive. but ive chosen to continue it in this way. they are my hand made gifts to the world.)
stories of people & traveling polaroids
be a traveling polaroid-er
do you want to participate in this polaroid community by taping polaroids wherever you are? email kelleyjordan@gmail.com with your mailing address so i can send you a package.
I found a polaroid on the Vietnam Memorial in San Antonio...
ReplyDeleteWhat gives me hope?
Thinking and then realizing that there really are people with good hearts in this world... sometimes we forget and have days or weeks with bitter people... but then one day out of no where you meet someone or bump into someone with a good heart, humble. noble.... that gives me hope... like that small glimmer of light at the end of a dark, cold, musty tunnel... That gives me hope.
England, Birmingham, New Street Station, platform 10b, 10th May 2007.
ReplyDeleteI found a polaroid taped to the departures listings. The platform is dark and unwelcoming; the polaroid is colour- the toys smile at me through the darkness.
After a long shift at work, waiting for my train home, I feel happy, uplifted somehow. I know I'm not alone- I feel I'm amongst friends, part of a community. That gives me hope.
I find hope resitng within myself; sometimes it lies dormant, unrecognized, until a sudden special moment in time or event that makes me see the true reality of the world blossoms. It is at this time that I turn toward myself and look upon the timeline of my life and recognize how far I have come--how far I have come to simply give up, get out now? Using my own promotion, I pick myself up brush off my weaknesses. Knowing that I can help myself drives me to recognize my ability to help others.
ReplyDeleteA prospect of a better future for myself, my children, and the world is what gives me HOPE.
-ivan r.-
P.S.
Live for yourself, and achieve your own goals before settling down for the finish.